#remix project

[melissatreglia]

Despite all the computer trouble I’ve been having for the last several months, I finally managed to complete a brand spankin’ new remix of Christina Aguilera’s saucy 2012 single “Your Body”. Enjoy!

[pepperstrawberry]

So, deciding right now and waffling. Should I give Rinslet an eyepatch style goggle thing or not.

I’m debating on maybe doing something with her right eye, but not totally sure just yet. I want to do this, but not sure if it will be too on the nose for her being originally inspired by Chandra or if it will feel more like either a further reference or just something totally different (considering a) chandra rarely wears her goggles in art anyway and b) there will be something odd/wrong with Rinslet’s eye and the way I’m doing feels kinda pirate-esque)

I mean, I already got the arm thing (though very different beyond just the appearance), her color isn’t going to be base red, and her skin is definitely locked in on being darker (still deciding on her hair color though)

Anyhoo, any thoughts are welcome XD

[bokchois]

Some comic page sketches for a final project. It’s about Helen of Troy and the Trojan War.

[pepperstrawberry]

GAaaaaah!!! I should be in bed. Stop it hand. stop.... T3T

Have some more remix designs. more info later... This variation is closer to the ‘not the actual characters’ take. Still playing with things...

[pepperstrawberry]

Most of the result of the stream. There were also rants and fun talks between the three of us. If this becomes a more common thing, we will figure out more solid ways to make this streaming stuff work right.

Special thanks to @bace-jeleren and @shunthehexmage. They made this stream incredible and wonderful.

More stuff and thoughts about my ‘remix’ project below

Also, you will note that there are blanks by Chandra, Nissa, Jace, and gideon’s names. That is because of what I came to call the ‘stage three’ characters. In consideration of my remix project, there are 3 stages: Stage 1: Canon/no changes (basically, anything I draw at stage one is pure fan arts) Stage 2: The remixes that I’ve been drawing. Basically the redesign project where I think about the characters as they are after the Origins Soft reboot. If you have been hearing me rant about Jace’s belts, that is what it’s about. Stage 3: “Original” fantasy story using my redesign elements and running with them into a different, single world narrative.

Those five boxes are ideas and the start of boiling things down to the parts and stuffs I can use for the Stage three. Each character will be in their own part of the world which will be inspired by Stage 1′s ‘home’ worlds. Right now, those blanks are spaces for the names of the characters that are inspired by the gatewatch.

Feel free to ask any questions or offer any suggestion toward them and their homes. Versions I”m going to use In WUBRG:

“Gideon”: Tough old soldier, only has one hand (a reference to one of the meanings of the name that we found during the stream). No invulnerability but is super tough and has earned being known as a bit of a legend in his homeland. The homeland will be a theocratic military state. How far I go with that, I am uncertain so far.  “Jace”: A master of illusions and manipulation, is very rogue like and a bit of a huckster. Lives in a great hub city very similar to ravnica in form. “Liliana”: Because of her not going to be receiving the same level of redesign, this stage is going to swap her out for one of my own characters by the name of ‘Prisma’. Still, the land she lives in is going to be based on Innistrad. Small towns, superstition, ruins, and ancient keeps, one of which Prisma calls home. This area of the world will not be all that far from the hub city.

“Chandra”: One of the two leads of this endeavor, and the one that gets the most changes in the ‘stage 2′ point of this process. What you see in my previous remix posts is mostly what you are going to get style wise. Change of the color pallete at least though to be less ‘chandra’ and more whoever this new character emerging from all this will be. Both her parents are alive. Her mother will be a sort of ‘inventor mage/star gazer’. Planing to have something about the study of the stars being it’s own school of magic. She builds her obvervitory on a hill over a source of thermal energy to power her home and machines. ‘Chandra’s’ father will be one to take further advantage of that wealth of power by being a baker/cook. A humble job, true, but one that will fill him with joy as he helps feed those in the community. The land she hails from will be more Kaladesh in spirit then in form. Less loops, though I do plan on keeping that flavor of India.. which is going to be tricky. I want to keep that flavor, but without dipping into appropriation. So any help I can get will be most appreciated.

“Nissa”: The other of the main pair, but sadly the less fleshed out. What I am certain of is that she will be from an ancient land that has an old something sealed away (good, evil or other is uncertain at the moment). She will be wise but as introverted as Nissa, and just as strong phsycally. One of the differences is that she won’t commune with the land nearly as much as just being respectful of it. she will be able to shape plants and stone (even metal to some extent) and will be able to shape her walking staff into a bow. While she will carry a small quiver of arrows, most times she will just reach down and fashion an arrow straight out of the earth. I am also debating on her race. I have decided that making her an elf is a bit too on the nose and might lead me to just flat out keeping both characters too close to the origin that i started with. Currently I’m waffling between Orc, Mermaid (like Caldur from Young Justice or Kiora), or Selkie. Open to other suggestions. In fact that is the whole point of this post. Right now, this is the bulk of what I have thought of so far. Any help with names, or general plot/character ideas I’m open to. I will likely not use all, but even the ones I do not use will help guide me to the ones I do.

Hope you enjoyed this ramble. Sleepy times for me. XD

[pepperstrawberry]

Just for your amusement, more sketches for my remix project. LIke jace, I’m not as close as I would like to be with these. But you only find your way through iteration.

Concept for Nissa: emphasis the ‘ranger’ nature of her. Probably going to be looking a lot at her origins art, other elves of the Joraga, and fantasy rangers in general. Part of the idea is for her to be able to magically bend her staff into a bow and create arrows out of the earth as needed (with maybe some back up arrows on hand just in case). Of the five, she feels like overall the most practically minded where travel and survival is concerned. A useful product of being on a plane like Zendiar.

Gideon: The concept here is to let the sural take a back seat. it’s there, but it’s a last resort weapon. I think it would be amusing if he got to keep Helios’ spear, but it’s not necessary. Short sword, and other items to round out his arsenal and give him more options on the field (though the trick is not to overload him). With all the chain talk today/yesterday, I’m trying to figure out ways to incorperate that as well, but I don’t want his design too busy. All this from thinking that his sural was far too vicious a weapon (mind you, it’s a cool weapon, but with how they have characterized him as trying to not kill as much, it’s hard to swallow him having it as his go to weapon of choice)

Where is Lili? Well, I do plan on giving her design a good once over too... but most of that would likely be racial in aspect. But even that is really iffy. Overall, of the five, I feel like she is the one where her design and style speak strongly to who she is and how she operates. Of course that is helped by how straight forward her character archetype is. She is the ‘evil sorceress with class’ Her character type is already having shades of change, but as of right now, if I were given any creative control of MTG, she is the one of the five I would barely touch. Still, when/if I go and take all these designs when I finish them and push them over into ‘original story’ territory, she is likely to get the biggest changes for that exact reason.

You know, the funny thing in all this... I really feel like this could become a thing. LIke I could really make this a real story thing.

Well, lets see where I am at in the next week or three before I really commit to the idea. Right now it’s just fun design practice

(also, for the record: I have little problem with anyone’s designs as they actually stand... outside of jace’s. this is mainly a just for giggles thing and not meant to actually harsh on the official designs).

[saltysteff13]

[melissatreglia]

Waiting For Tonight (KM's Momentous Hex Edit)

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of this landmark dance hit from Jennifer Lopez, I've taken the best of the elements from the Hex Hector remixing sessions to give you over 5 solid minutes of classic 90's house music. Every second is all killer, no filler!